Ferdinand max schilling



(No Model.)

B. M. SOHILLI NG. STAND FOR TOYS AND THE LIKE.

Patented Apr. 15-, 1890.

ITO-425,709.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND MAX SCHILLING, OF SONNEBERG, GERMANY.

STAND FOR TOYS AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,709, dated. April 15, 1890. Application filed November 20, 1889. Serial No. 330,999. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND lVlAX SCHIL- LING, a subject of the Duke of SaXe-Meiningen, and a resident of Sonneberg, in the Duchy of SaXe-Meiningen, Germany, have invented certain-Improvements in Stands for Toys and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stands for supporting dolls and the like; and the object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple stand adjustable both in respect .to height and as to the scope of the gripping or holding arms.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter, and its novel features will be carefully defined in the claim.

I11 the accompanying drawings, illustrative of my invention, Figure 1 is a rear view of the stand, showing the tubular slides in longitudinal section; and Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the stand as it appears when in use.

In carrying out my invention in its preferred form I take a piece of stout springwire and bend its middle portion, so as to form the base or foot a". This may be in the form of a ring, or have any desired contoun.

The ends of the Wire are then bent upward at right angles to the plane of the foot to form the uprights a a, which are united or tied together at the foot by'a band of metal a, or otherwise. Normally the upper extremities of the uprights a stand apart from one another, as seen in Fig. 1, diverging from the point Where the band a unites them. On these up rights a, respectively, are slipped the tubular slides a a which are also united or tied together at their base by a band a These slides are provided with a clamping-slide a, which slides on or over them, and also with two curved clamp-j aws a and a fixed to their respective upper ends and adapted to embrace the object to be held. These jaws may also be made of wire, and they will project 45 out over the foot (t as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

By pushing the slides a a upon the respective uprights a a, as represented in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the clamp-jaws may be set at any desired distance above the foot a within limits, and the outward spring of the uprights resting on the slides, which bring them inward or toward one another, will provide friction enough to support the slides and clamps.

The slides a a also spring apart or diverge v normally, and the clamping of the jaws a a on the doll or other object is eifected by slipping the clamping-slide a up toward the jaws, as represented in Fig. 2. In this latter figure A represents a doll clamped by the jaws of a these jaws being represented in part by dotted lines.

I prefer to make the slides a a tubular throughout their length; but so long as they are made to slide on the uprights a a properly their form is not very essential. I

I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein shown, as this may be Varied to some extent without materially departing from myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A stand for supporting toys or the like, consisting of a foot a", two diverging uprights a a on said foot, two slides a (0 mounted on the respective uprights a a, said slides being provided with clamp jaws a a at their upper ends and being tiedv together at their lower ends, and the clamping-slide a on the slides a a all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FERDINAND MAX SOHILLING.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD MULLER,

EUGENE PARTHENAY. 

